Analysis of Anger Lay By Me
Elizabeth Daryush 1887 – 1977
Anger lay by me all night long,
His breath was hot upon my brow,
He told me of my burning wrong,
All night he talked and would not go.
He stood by me all through the day,
Struck from my hand the book, the pen;
He said: ‘Hear first what I’ve to say,
And sing, if you’ve the heart to, then.’
And can I cast him from my couch?
And can I lock him from my room?
Ah no, his honest words are such
That he’s my true-lord, and my doom.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 10111111 11110111 11111101 11110111 11111101 11110101 11111111 01110111 01111111 01111111 11110111 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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